Category: Events
Gombe Health Summit 2025: Charting the Next Frontier of Health System Transformation
Over the past five years, Gombe State has made significant strides in health sector reform, establishing key agencies such as GoHealth, GHSMB, and GODMA, and introducing biometric attendance to enhance workforce accountability. These reforms have expanded health insurance coverage to over 380,000 residents—including 100,000 vulnerable individuals—and contributed to notable improvements in child survival, with declines…
National Health Financing Dialogue 2025: Health Leaders Chart a Path for Sustainable Health Financing in Nigeria
A cross-section of participants at the maiden edition of the National Health Financing Dialogue 2025 Globally, the health financing landscape is shifting, as Official Development Assistance (ODA), which has historically supported health systems, is steadily shrinking. Donor resources are increasingly constrained, transitions are accelerating, and the fiscal space once bolstered by ODA is narrowing. With…
Health Stakeholders Chart a Path for Locally Driven Digital Health Ecosystem at the Insights Learning Forum 2025
A cross-section of panelists at the Insights Learning Forum 2025: L-R: Dr. Gafar Alawode (CEO, DGI Consult), Mr. Oluwaleke Jegede (Principal, SCIDaR), Dr. Amina Mohammed Baloni (Former Commissioner of Health, Kaduna State), Ms. Lauretta Akin-John (Vaccines Program, CHAI Nigeria), Ms. Ota Akhigbe (Director of Partnerships and Programs, eHealth Africa), and Mr. Akinyemi Atobatele (Principal Partner,…
Experts Identify Sustainable Financing Approaches to Scale High-Impact Maternal and Child-Death Crashing Interventions in Nigeria
Nigeria faces a disproportionately high burden of maternal and child mortality despite significant global and national efforts. In 2023, the country accounted for nearly 29% of all maternal deaths globally, with over 75,000 maternal deaths recorded.[1] Neonatal and under-five mortality rates also remain far above global targets, pointing to persistent gaps in the coverage, quality,…
Aligning Health Budget with UHC Objectives: Stakeholders Identified Evidence-based Strategies for Improving PHC Financing
Reforming public health expenditure is crucial for Nigeria’s health policy goals, particularly in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This requires increased budget allocations and expenditure and ensuring that available resources are efficiently and effectively utilized to improve healthcare delivery. Recognizing these challenges, Development Governance International (DGI) Consult, with funding from the United Nations Children’s Fund…
Experts Identify Strategies for Harnessing Climate Finance Opportunities for Health
The health burden of climate change is enormous, and the annual adaptation financing gap for health in LMIC is estimated at USD 11 billion. However, health accounts for less than 0.5% of multilateral funding for climate financing. Limited awareness of health priorities within multilateral climate funds has been recognized as a key barrier, in addition…
Nigeria Charts a Path Toward Climate-Resilient Health Systems as States Begin Domestication of Health National Adaptation Plan
In a significant stride toward building a climate-resilient health system, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMoH&SW), in partnership with Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)/Lafiya Programme, convened a three-day workshop to develop a roadmap for the domestication of Nigeria’s Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) for nine pilot States, including Borno, Cross River,…
Aligning Health Budgets with UHC Goals: Stakeholders Meet to Co-create Evidence-Based Strategies
Reforming public health expenditure is crucial for Nigeria’s health policy goals, particularly in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This requires increased budget allocations and expenditure, and ensuring that available resources are efficiently and effectively utilized to improve healthcare delivery. However, persistent challenges in health financing continue to hinder progress toward sustainable health outcomes. Recognizing these…
Health Financing Webinar Series: Unlocking Climate Finance for Health
The health burden of climate change is enormous, and the annual adaptation financing gap for health in LMIC is estimated at USD 11 billion. However, health accounts for less than 0.5% of multilateral funding for climate financing. Limited awareness of health priorities within multilateral climate funds has been recognized as a key barrier, in addition…
NHIA Identifies Partnership Coordination as Catalyst for Attaining Universal Health Coverage
As part of efforts aimed at repositioning the NHIA and putting Nigeria on the UHC trajectory, the current NHIA leadership has outlined strategic goals focused on expanding coverage, promoting equity, improving the quality of care, and enhancing market efficiency. Achieving these goals will require key enablers, including citizen-centered engagement, effective use of data and technology,…